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Filled with angst, conviction and poignant earnestness, with rallying choruses like, ‘We are not afraid of anyone, I defy anyone to tell me I am wrong,’ (on “Victory Gin”), and even some martial horns and strings, what’s not to love here for Barât fans?

According to the UK’s Sunday Mirror and NME, Pete Doherty and the lovely first lady of France Carla Bruni, (just seen in Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris), are becoming such close friends that naturally, they are planning to work on writing music together.

The Libertines have told NME.com that they will reunite to play the Reading And Leeds Festivals in the UK this summer. Original members Pete Doherty, Carl Barat, Gary Powell and John Hassall will be the second from the top billing at the festival, which takes place from August 27th through 29th. This is their first full show together since they parted ways in 2004.